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FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION
ENFORCEMENT BUREAU
WESTERN REGION
Los Angeles Office
18000 Studebaker Rd., Suite 660
Cerritos, CA, 90703
January 13, 2006
John R. Burroughs
Tarzana, CA 91356
NOTICE OF UNLICENSED OPERATION
Case Number: EB-05-LA-351
Document Number: W20063290005
The Los Angeles Office received information that an unlicensed
broadcast radio station on 107.9 MHz was allegedly operating in
Cornell, CA. On December 20, 2005, agents from this office
confirmed by direction finding techniques that radio signals on
frequency 107.9 MHz were emanating from your residence near
Castro Peak, in Los Angeles County. The Commission's records
show that no license was issued for operation of a broadcast
station at this location on 107.9 MHz.
Radio stations must be licensed by the FCC pursuant to 47 U.S.C.
§ 301. The only exception to this licensing requirement is for
certain transmitters using or operating at a power level that
complies with the standards established in Part 15 of the
Commission's rules, 47 C.F.R. §§ 15.1 et seq. Your operation on
frequency 107.9 MHz was measured at 20, 205 microvolts per meter
(µV/m) at 35 meters. This exceeds the allowable unlicensed limit
of 250 µV/m at 3 meters established in Part 15. Thus, this
station is operating in violation of 47 U.S.C. § 301.
You are hereby warned that operation of radio transmitting
equipment without a valid radio station authorization constitutes
a violation of the Federal laws cited above and could subject the
operator of this illegal operation to severe penalties,
including, but not limited to, substantial monetary forfeitures,
in rem arrest action against the offending radio equipment, and
criminal sanctions including imprisonment. (See 47 U.S.C. §§
401, 501, 503 and 510).
UNLICENSED OPERATION OF THIS RADIO STATION MUST BE DISCONTINUED
IMMEDIATELY.
You have ten (10) days from the date of this notice to respond
with any evidence that you have authority to operate granted by
the FCC. Your response should be sent to the address in the
letterhead and reference the listed case and document number.
Under the Privacy Act of 1974, 5 U.S.C. § 552a(e)(3), we are
informing you that the Commission's staff will use all relevant
material information before it to determine what, if any,
enforcement action is required to ensure your compliance with FCC
Rules. This will include any information that you disclose in
your reply.
You may contact this office if you have any questions.
Catherine Deaton
District Director
Los Angeles Office
Attachments:
Excerpts from the Communications Act of 1934, As Amended
Enforcement Bureau, "Inspection Fact Sheet", July 2003